81-year-old woman hit, killed walking on State Road

SHARON TWP.— An 81-year-old Wadsworth woman died Sunday after she was struck by a vehicle while walking on State Road.

The Medina post of the Ohio Highway Patrol reported that Vivian Bernhard was struck about 10:35 a.m. by a 1997 Plymouth Breeze driven by Joshua Smith, 27, of Brunswick. Smith saw her standing in the road and tried to avoid her but struck her as she started to cross the road, a patrol news release said.